Velveteen Wins as Barbara Bets at the Club Race
Admiral and Barbara Valence attend a club race where a bookmaker offers odds on Velveteen. Barbara places a sovereign on Velveteen with four hundred to ten, and Velveteen wins amid crowd cheers. The admiral jokes about a kiss as the celebration ends.
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Sara
Alured
Tatterspall’s
Alf
Barbara Valence
May
Babs
Mr. May
Velveteen
Baba
Mr. Milton
Amiles
Babs’ Sadewitch Rivalry At Velveteen Race
Nine year old Lady Babs debates backing Velveteen in the Sarewitch at Newmarket. She touts her pony and boots, cites Kink the gardener as tip giver, and clashes with Mrs Fane and the earl over race prospects. The girl insists Velveteen can win, while adults joke about form and foretell a chaotic scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babs
Alured
Sarewitch
Mrs. Faoue
Earl
Baba
Babe
Kink
Mrs. Fane
Otto Madden
Fane
Mr. Milton
Mily
Baby
St. Maffews
Mra
Simeons and honeymoons a sea tale on a boat
A San Francisco Chronicle excerpt shows a boy asking about simons and honeymoons aboard an Oakland boat. The father dismisses the questions with jokes about travel storms. The exchange turns humorous as they compare honeymoons to simoons and sea life.
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Oakland
Simeon
Pat
Pat Simoons
Percy
San Francisco Chronicle
Navy to Decide on Bureaus Replacement
A conversation hints the navy may discard bureaus in favor of roll top desks. A character suggests contacting the secretary to learn what price an old-fashioned mahogany bureau with many drawers would fetch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
John
Violinist Daughter Impresses Mrs Blowhard
A witty remark circulating about Mrs Blowhard claiming her daughter is a skilled violinist who plays divinely on the violin and accompanies herself on the piano. The exchange highlights social race for talent within a humorous note from Lippincott's.
Red Roses and Memory in a Rustic Verse
Fragmentary verse depicts a longing lyric scene with imagery of red roses and memory. A speaker recalls a beloved and a father figure mourning a lady, intertwining themes of love, memory, and farewell as the poem moves through shifting reflections.
Dr Simmons and the Southwest Promote Homes
Dr C F Simmons, advertised elsewhere in this paper, has helped many people acquire homes in the sunny Southwest. A Southerner by birth, he is a broad minded, kindly gentleman who thrives on helping others help themselves. He would not misstate any facts for wealth and offers square deals to readers pursuing land in the Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Simmons
Dr. Simmons
Rockefellers
Southwest
De Quiz and De Whiz Weather Joke Exchange
A witty quip on icy air and domestic warmth contrasts winter weather with a wife’s preference for home by the fire over a matinee. The banter plays on a punny contrast between cold weather and cozy domestic scenes.
Eczema Sufferer Reclaims Walk With Cuticura Remedies
Mrs. David Brown of Locke Arkansas recounts a two year eczema battle. After two doctors offered only temporary relief her ankles were sores that worsened nightly. Three uses of Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills brought rapid sleep relief and healing with no relapse after a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Brown
Locke, Ark
Prisons Use Convicts on Treadmills in Britain
Popular Mechanics reports on the barbarous practice of forcing convicts to treadmills in English prisons. A picture shows prisoners at the task where the treadmill runs about 30 steps per minute and a cross-bar strikes the legs if a step is missed.
Castoria Safety Claim and Bronchial Relief Promotion
An old advertisement urges mothers to examine Castoria bottles for the designated signature and notes the remedy has been in use for over 30 years. It also promotes Brown's Bronchial Troches as a quick throat relief in a 26c box and mentions a statement about proving claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Helpful Advice From a Trusted Medical Confidant
A Mass women readers are urged to write candidly to a Lynn physician who, with thirty years of correspondence, claims to offer crucial insights to private illnesses. The ad promises strict confidentiality and highlights letters from grateful patients as proof of her powerful guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ie Oo Pinkam
Lynn
Mass
Shi P
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promised Cure
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments. A letter from Mrs Norman R Barnett of Allentown Pa describes relief from organic derangement and female weakness after use, claiming improvement and urging others to try the product. The copy asserts the product has cured thousands of women with displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors and related symptoms.
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Norman R. Barnett
Allentown
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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U. S. Naval Observatory
Walden Fawesti
Washington, D. C
Babs’ Sadewitch
Norman Hopewell
Ike Thie
Alwar Pas
Be Srrup.Co
Carters
Estern
Western Canada
Sankatchewan
Crawford
Ninth Street
Ksnsas City
Missouri
Gregory’s
Icra
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